DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
18.191.84.179

Search for:
[Show options]
[Pronunciation] [Help] [Database Info] [Server Info]

2 definitions found

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 El·gin mar·bles Greek sculptures in the British Museum. They were obtained at Athens, about 1811, by Lord Elgin.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Elgin Marbles
      n : a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures and
          fragments of architecture created by Phidias; chiefly
          from the Parthenon in Athens